E-mail from Sis Boo- EHV Class

Hello and Sai Ram dear Sis. Lily, Sis. Shirley & Bro. Albert,

First of all, my apologies for having only seen your email today (02.07.08). So sorry !

I guess in future you can send your emails to me to 'soham9@hotmail.com' instead because i do not check my 'mail.com' everyday. However, I do check my 'hotmail.com' everyday unless i'm on holiday.

Congratulations for having taken the initiative to start your EHV classes. It is a very noble effort and the children are very fortunate to receive Swami's teachings in human values. It does not matter whether the lessons are conducted in Chinese or in English so long as the children understand the values taught. If you need the syllabus or lesson plans in Chinese, i'm sure our Bro. Yong Kong Why or Sis. Kee Book Ing will be able to provide and guide.

From Sis. Lily's information, i understand that you carry out the lessons during the same hour as your weekly Bhajan. This is a convenient arrangement because the parents also come for the Bhajan. I am not an EHV Co-ordinator and I do not teach EHV. (I teach English (R.O.S.E Programme) at the Soon Cheng Chinese Primary School in Muar.) As such, i may not be qualified to give my opinion on how to carry out EHV classes. But i think that so long as the children are not distracted by the sounds coming from the Bhajan, then it is alright to have it at the same time.

Here in Muar, we have 2 EHV classes that have been going on for many years now. One of the classes has been conducted for more than 30 years already! These two classes are conducted on different days from our Bhajan day. One is on a Tuesday evening at the EHV teacher's house and the other one is conducted on Saturday evenings at our Sai Centre. Each class is about one and a half hours long.

Perhaps for you all, you can try out further if your present arrangement is okay and if you wish to have a separate day to conduct the classes, it is also fine. Both the teachers' and the students' convenience must be taken into consideration.

Guess this is all that i'm able to share with you all for now. Do contact me if you need any help. I'll always be most happy to help.

Thank you and Jai Sai Ram !

With Sai Love,
Sis. Boo.

PS,
All of us from Tangkak Bhajan Unit would like to convey our sincere thanks and apprecitation for your support and advise ........